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This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Love’s Labour’s Lost, Deafinitely Theatre, dir. Paula Garfield, 23 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Kate Rumbold, University of Birmingham It was changeover time at Bankside on a sunny May afternoon: clusters […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Coriolanus, Chiten Theatre Company, Dir. Motoi Miura, 21 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Adele Lee, University of Greenwich It might be assumed that a Japanese theatre company performing Coriolanus would […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Two Gents Productions, dir. by Arne Pohlmeier, 9 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Penelope Woods, Queen Mary University of London / The Globe With a […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Henry IV Part Two, Elkafka Espcaio Teatral , dir. by Ruben Szuchmacher, 15 May 2012 at The Globe, London By David Ruiter, University of Texas at El Paso Ruben Szuchmacher and the Elkafka […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Henry IV Part One, Compañia Nacional de Teatro Mexico , dir. by Hugo Arrevillaga, 14 May 2012 at The Globe, London By David Ruiter, University of Texas at El Paso Under Hugo Arrevillaga’s […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Romeo and Juliet, Grupo Galpão, 19 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Kate McLuskie, Shakespeare Institute The Saturday afternoon crowd, strolling from Waterloo past the Globe enjoyed a man in […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. As You Like It, Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre (Georgian), dir. by Levan Tsuladze, 18 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Georgie Lucas, Shakespeare Institute My first thought was that the Marjanishvili […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. King John, Gabriel Sundukyan, National Academic Theatre (Armenia), dir. Tigran Gasparyan, May 16 2012 at The Globe, London By Michael Dobson, Shakespeare Institute To start with a confession: I did not arrange […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. King John, Royal Shakespeare Company, dir. by Maria Aberg, 14 May 2012 at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon By Will Sharpe The stage is set. The stage is carpeted. The carpet is […]

This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Henry VI Part Three, National Theatre of Bitola, dir. by John Blondell, 13 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Pete Orford Clearly no-one told the Macedonians that the history plays are […]